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Directed by | Thirupathisamy |
Produced by | C. Ashwini Dutt |
Written by | Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Thirupathisamy Yandamuri Veerendranath Bhupathi Raja Crazy Mohan Feroz Bhagat Maharajan |
Story by | Thirupathisamy |
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Nagarjuna Akkineni Soundarya Shilpa Shetty |
Music by | Mani Sharma |
Cinematography | Chota K. Naidu |
Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
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150 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
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Film score by Mani Sharma | ||||
Released | 2000 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 28:56 | |||
Label | Supreme Music | |||
Producer | Mani Sharma | |||
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Azad (Telugu: ఆజాద్, English : Independent) is a 2000 Telugu, Patriotic film, produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies and directed by Thirupathisamy. Starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty in the lead roles and music composed by Mani Sharma with adapted screenplay by Yandamuri Veerendranath. The film was released on 29 September 2000. The film recorded as Average at box-office. The film completed a 100-day run in Hyderabad. The film was dubbed into Hindi as Mission Azaad and into Tamil as Gurushethram. Also the film was remade in Tamil as Velayudham starring Vijay and was released on 2011.
Anjali (Soundarya) is a journalist who witnesses the murder of a senior journalist carrying crucial evidence about a mafia don. Anjali is on a mission to sue this criminal Deva, who is responsible for the murder. Anjali is also harassed by the misdeeds of Deva (Raghuvaran), the most influential person in the region, who runs Hindu Seva Samithi but, in reality, an undercover Islamic militant, on a mission to release their terrorist group head imprisoned by the state administration. Deva is apparently a Hindu devotee who is bent upon teaching Bhagavad Gita to every human he meets. Anjali happens to see an accident in which a bunch of Deva's henchmen die. She takes this opportunity to create & glorify a fictional character called 'Azad'. She writes a letter that Azad has done this assassination to end crime in the city & state. Word spreads like wildfire that there is a Man called 'Azad' who is the Rescuer of the common man.